Cook, a prominent Lobbyist, wanted to make a place where consumers could become better informed about what products are environmentally healthy and therefore make more educated purchases.Ī team of policy experts, scientists, and even lawyers help to create the online database and mobile applications. The Environmental Working Group is an activist group that was created in 1992 by Ken Cook and Richard Wiles.
"We can't know for sure because they haven't been subject to any kind of review by a third party.This post may contain affiliate links, which means I'll receive a commission if you purchase through my link, at no extra cost to you.įollow along with me as I explain what an EWG Rating is, and how it will change the way you use skincare. "Many if not most of these chemicals are probably safe," Faber said. They said they found 16 hormone-altering chemicals, including parabens and phthalates. Teens on average use 17 personal care products a day, according to the group, which tested 20 teens' blood and urine seven years ago to find out which chemicals from these products were ending up in their bodies.
Men use fewer products, but still put 85 chemicals on their bodies. The FDA virtually has no power to regulate the products we use everyday."Īccording to the Environmental Working Group, women use an average of 12 products a day, containing 168 different chemicals. I can't overstate how little law is now on the books. "Cosmetics are sort of the last unregulated area of consumer products law. "These are basic tools that should have been granted to the FDA decades ago, but are only now being provided in the Feinstein-Collins bill," said Scott Faber, Environmental Working Group's vice president of government affairs.
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